Pictures of up my nose

It'd been a couple weeks since my initial appointment with Dr. S and I was still waiting for my insurance company to get the authorization underway. I had called every other day for  the last 10 days with no information. I had decided to just give up. Then after just getting to work, my cellphone rang. It was Dr. S's office calling to say they have scheduled my surgery and I needed to come in for a few more pictures and to sign papers. Yikes?! It was getting real! Natasha from the doctors office informed me that they hadn't received the authorization from my insurance yet but where not worried as they usually have no problems. That made me feel a little calmer. She then said that they would probably need more pictures for the authorization so I needed to come in as soon as possible. I needed to run home on my lunch break anyway so it was no problem to add one more stop. Then she told me the date. Wednesday August 21st. Holy shit! No, I thought to myself. I can't do it that soon. I have training at work on a new system, it was K's first week of school, I had stuff going on that I could not be out of commission for. But, I guess my schedule meant nothing and it was when the doc and the assistant surgeon could be together. I reluctantly agreed to the date, said I'd be in the office for my pictures at noon and hung up the phone. The first thought through my brain, "OMG (my boss) is gonna kill me." We had this training at work literally in the making for 18 months. There was a lot I needed to be there for. I wasn't about to rely on my coworkers to reteach me the new system when I got back. I didn't trust them to mostly, but I also knew they wouldn't have time since we were already so behind. I had purposely not told anyone about the surgery before because I kind of thought it was a long shot on the insurance authorizing it... or me even doing it. But it had just become real. I had to fess up. I immediately sent in my request for a LOA. I didn't know exactly how long I'd be out but I knew it was going to be longer than a few days and I'd need to be official about it. I'd get all the info at the doctor that afternoon, I thought to myself.
I arrived at Dr. S's office about 12:30pm after running to my house first. They were always so nice there and I still felt like a rich person coming in for a nose job and a day spa appointment there. But, alas my problem wasn't so luxurious. Its an actual medical problem. Natasha pulled me into a room and we bent in strange positions to get the pictures up my nose and from above to prove that I wasn't indeed just getting a nose job to fix a bent nose for the insurance company. That's all I had to do. I then asked about how long I'd be out of work. She said "a few weeks" but said to ask the doctor at my next appointment. I made an appointment for the following Monday and was out the door. I was going to have to break it to (my boss) soon, I guess.